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Map, and chart, uncoloured engraving, Map of the District of the Lakes and Courses of the Whitehaven Steam Packets, scale about 14 miles to 1inch, by W Gaythorp, Whitehaven, engraved by Cruchley, Ludgate Street, London, published by W White and Co, 44 Hunslet Lane, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1829.
The steam packet routes go to Liverpool, Douglas, Ramsey, Wigtown, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries.
Tipped in opp.p.275 in the History, Directory, and Gazetteer of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, by William Parson and William White, accompanied by text, pp.275-276:-
"WHITEHAVEN STEAM PACKETS. / Few places have reaped greater advantages from the facilities afforded by Steam Navigation than Whitehaven: until its introduction the man of business was occupied two entire days, at a heavy expence, in travelling by the stage coaches from Whitehaven to Liverpool; whereas by steam, he now goes on board the packet in the evening, where he can, in moderate weather, sleep as comfortably as in his own bed, and be landed at Liverpool in the morning, ready to proceed to his business, paying only 15s. for the accommodation. - To Dumfries, and the other towns on the Scotch coast, the journey by land occupies from one and a half to two days, which by steam is performed in three to five hours. For these admirable arrangements, so conducive to the covenience and advantage of the public, much credit is due to the managers of the Steam Company, who have liberally furnished us with the annexed map, to which we beg to refer our readers, as a neat and comprehensive delineation of the District of the Lakes in Cumberland and Westmorland, and of the courses of the Whitehaven Steam Packets. Any one casting his eye over the map at once sees and comprehends the course, of the Vessels connected with Whitehaven, and perceives at a single view the relative situation of the chief stations in the Lake district, the heights of the principal mountains, and the distances of the the towns from Whitehaven and from each other. Such a map is invaluable to the traveller in that neighbourhood, and should be the inseparable companion of every tourist. It is printed by the company on cards, having on the reverse announcements of the times of sailing to various places, and several very useful remarks, most of which we give below or at page 276. The cards"
"are to be had at the different steam boat offices, of the guides among the Lakes, or at the booksellers' shops in the two Counties. Since page 276 was printed off, the St. Andrew proceeds every Monday to Dumfries instead of Annan, so that she now goes to the former port every Monday and Thursday weekly, and will continue to do so for the summer months. - We copy the following from the cards referred to:- / THE ISLE OF MAN ... / DUBLIN ... / SCOTLAND ... / WHITEHAVEN - is only ten miles distant from the Lakes, and is the most convenient port from which to set out on a tour through that beautiful and romantic district. A hasty glance of the picturesque scenery of this part of England may be taken in the course of a week; and on returning to Whitehaven the Tourist may obtain steam conveyances to Douglas and Dublin every thursday evening; to Dumfries every Monday and Thursday morning, returning the same days; to Liverpool by the Countess of Lonsdale every Monday and Thursday, whence she returns every Sunday and Wednesday morning; and to Wigtown and Kirkcudbright every alternate Wednesday, returning the same day. - Coaches daily to all parts of the Kingdom; those to Kendal, and to Northumberland by Penrith, and the fine new roads by Alston, pass through the centre of the Lake District."
   Whitehaven Steam Co 1828
map feature:- up is N & scale line & lat and long scales & lat and long grid (1 degree) & sea plain & sandbanks & coast form lines & rivers & lakes & relief & hill hachuring & spot heights & county & settlements & roads & road distances & shipping routes
inscription:- printed left middle
MAP OF THE / District of the Lakes, / and COURSES of the / Whitehaven Steam Packets, / 1829.
inscription:- printed reverse
STEAM COMMUNICATION TO Whitehaven, Dumfries, and Annan. / THE WHITEHAVEN STEAM COMPANY'S PACKET THE COUNTESS OF LONSDALE, / ...
inscription:- printed bottom left, right
W. Gaythorp Deltr. Whitehaven. / Cruchley sculpt. [ ] Ludgate St. London.
inscription:- printed with scale line
Scale of Miles
scale line:- 20 miles = 35.4 mm
wxh, sheet:- 18x10.5cm
wxh, map:- 148x97mm
scale:- 1 to 900000 ? (1 to 909239 from scale line)